LCD Display blank on some plugins

[ccs]

Not sure if this is relevant.....

No I'm just referring to the broken display issue apparent since IanSav refactored the screens in all OE-A based images

taken from this link...

https://www.linuxsat-support.com/thread/142258-x-streamity-xtream-codes-iptv-player/?postID=578542#post578542

Accully since i do test lots of images and STBs i can tell you that this is not just an OE-A issue.
In my test about no image works as intended. Yes OE-A lcd turns black when LCD4Linux is installed.

Without LCD4Linux installed
Shows Audio and Video Icons and also Time.
Channelnames shows (....) and no progressbar.

Blackhole works but shows the channel name with full service ref and stream link.ts
DreamOS have same issus as OE-A but after installing plugin "DisplaySkin" instead of LCD4Linux
all works fine. Now for DreamOS i have the Dreambox Two UHD only as test for lcd so might work better on others like DM 900/920
Maybe some users of those boxes can give some feedback??

taken from this link...

https://www.linuxsat-support.com/thread/142258-x-streamity-xtream-codes-iptv-player/?postID=578587#post578587

[ian1095]

Not relevant.

DreamOS is closed source and has never worked without extra plugins being installed. This is their choice in their closed source image, but other LCD plugins have always been required to get anything more than just a basic LCD.

If someone can tell us the benefits gained from IsnSav's screen refactoring then fair enough, but as far as I can see all its achieved is to break functionality with many plugins that have worked perfectly for years using the old code and I cannot see any reason not to revert it back to how it was, unless there is something really beneficial to the operation of E2 thats not obviously apparent. As stated above, to me at least its just change for the sake of it. The old adage comes into play here " If it ain't broken then don't try to fix it" and this is exactly what's been done.

He claims its for efficiency and to simplify code tracing and management, but for whom ? if its for him then as he's now thrown his dummy out of his pram and is now refusing to perform anymore E2 development because end users have complained in many threads like this on many forums about these updates. So I ask again, what's the point of keeping this code and what are the benefits gained ? when it causes so many negative effects to end users and is now never going to be completed unless he agrees to return and fix the issues these changes have caused.

[abu baniaz]

There have always been difference between PLI and OEA screen code and was done in different places. Centralising it and making it in one place rather than placed across several pieces of code makes sense.

However, the best thing is to add in backward compatibility for changes made. It should be standard approach especially when variable names are changed. There are the odd occasions where it can't be done.

I can't say more otherwise I'll get accused of harassment and bullying.

[twol]

As the guy thats been converting OpenViX to python 3 over the last few months (.. and I guess you will be saying what the **** is that for? ... but unfortunately technology moves on and python 2 is stabilised) and has had to handle the numerous changes, we have ended up with better code, less code and simpler code compared to the often confused, broken (Yes in some areas incorrect code!) and totally undocumented mess that is Enigma2.
I realise that you don‘t like change, but unfortunately without change you die .... and if you think the current issues are big, wait until we are forced to python 3 and your favourite plugin no longer works, because the original provider no longer supports it. Of course you could actually do something worthwhile, learn python and perhaps help fix the issues yourself - you might understand then the reasons for these changes.

[ian1095]

I agree.

There's little point in bitching about this further and discussing cause and effect, because people begin to feel aggrieved and that they are being attacked personally as IanSav has done, when in actual fact they're not.
The fact remains that if someone now choses to use an OE-A based image, then they're not going to have a working display with any plugin that uses its own onboard player.
Surely this cannot be right and needs addressing ? regardless of what caused it and who's at fault.

ps I do know python.

[twol]

I agree.

There's little point in bitching about this further and discussing cause and effect, because people begin to feel aggrieved and that they are being attacked personally as IanSav has done, when in actual fact they're not.
The fact remains that if someone now choses to use an OE-A based image, then they're not going to have a working display with any plugin that uses its own onboard player.
Surely this cannot be right and needs addressing ? regardless of what caused it and who's at fault.

ps I do know python.

Sanity! Thank you.
I don‘t think its being ignored, it needs time to be looked at. Having had large displays (Xtrend ET8500 and now Giga4K), I find them useful for debug (sometimes you can see whats happening when the TV just has a spinning icon) but to be honest not much else - so out of curiosity, what do people use them for, apart from displaying the current stream name etc ??

[ian1095]

Well me for me personally, I've added many other things to the display such as incoming stream speed in MB/s and Video Bitrate to mine, using Convertor/Renderer py files I've written, which I find most useful when streaming from plugins. And of course we all have the basics, such as duration played and duration left and of course the progress bar. these are useful too, but not least, who wants a blank black display when you've paid good money for a box offering a display in full colour lol, Just my view anyway.

[ccs]

Not relevant.

DreamOS is closed source and has never worked without extra plugins being installed. This is their choice in their closed source image, but other LCD plugins have always been required to get anything more than just a basic LCD.

So when he said "Accully since i do test lots of images and STBs i can tell you that this is not just an OE-A issue." he only meant DreamOS?
That's not how I read it.

[Huevos]

If Xtremity is broken please ask the plugin author to fix it. Last time we sent a fix it was not accepted so will not bother in the future.

[ian1095]

Its not just Xstremity though.

Thanks twol.

If it is indeed being looked into then that's all we can ask.

[Huevos]

Its not just Xstremity though.

Well please provide a list then and exact steps how to reproduce each issue.

[ian1095]

Its any plugin that has its own player and imports from screens to give the info from Infobargenerics to this player using something like

from Screens.InfoBarGenerics import InfoBarSummarySupport, InfoBarMoviePlayerSummarySupport, InfoBarServiceNotifications, InfoBarSeek, InfoBarAudioSelection, InfoBarSubtitleSupport, InfoBarShowHide

Take your pic, Porncenter, E2iplayer, Xtreamity ect ect ect

If a plugin does not use its own player and instead uses Mediaplayer then everything is fine in the display.

To reproduce the issue just play a stream and since the Screen refactoring updates the boxes display remains blank. Info in the display is provided throughout a plugins menu's but when the last stage is reached and the stream is played the display becomes blank.

[abu baniaz]

when you play a stream you have info on the lcd screen

This used to work in xtreamity and all other plugins using their own player and the display used to show all the relevant info, that is until IanSav refactored the screens. Since then the display remains blank.

then they're not going to have a working display with any plugin that uses its own onboard player.

To reproduce the issue just play a stream and since the Screen refactoring updates the boxes display remains blank. Info in the display is provided throughout a plugins menu's but when the last stage is reached and the stream is played the display becomes blank.

also front panel lcd no longer works when streaming

When watching a stream it should have the progress bar, clock and the play icon on the LCD, which is what it does with earlier versions of OBH 4.3 / ATV 4.4 and VIX 5.3, but the later builds of all of these images (after that commit I linked above), it's broken and you just get a black lcd when a stream is playing.

When you are in the menu of Xstremity it still shows the name of the area you are in (categories, server etc) on the lcd.

No idea, I was told by ian10951 that the front display stopped working in Xstremity after that commit (I wasn't using it back then, so don't know, but he said he reverted that commit in his ATV image and it worked again).

Something is this commit broke the lcd in xstreamity apparently.

https://github.com/openatv/enigma2/c...ccb6e10dd2ea5a

Also the LCD display no longer works (it's just blank) this was reported to you a while back on github by ian1095.

Are there any fixes for these plugins (or xstremity etc) ?

I don't think kiddac is around, he's been in hospital having surgery, so I doubt fixing plugins is at the top of his agenda.

Nothing has been done with fixing xstremity either (both inputting stream info and the front panel display no longer working).

Hope I have not missed anything. Jut to re-iterate, start a stream by any of the listed plugins (Porncenter, E2iplayer, Xtreamity) and front panel display will be blank when playing the stream.

[ccs]

Kiddac looks to be working on xtreamity

Just a quick update of where I am at. (Sunday 25th)

I am currently re-writing lots of my code as its all become very complicated.

The original code used the same snippets of code for live, vod and series with lots of conditional calls depending on what section it was dealing with.
But Live, vod and series are totally different, so this meant although it worked, it was a nightmare to read and a nightmare to debug.
So I have been splitting out the code in their own files for live, vod and series. Makes everything a lot lot simpler for me.
Currently I have split out Live and VOD into their own files, with just series left to do.
But it's slow going.
Once series has been stripped out into its own file I will do another release. Nothing new, just a code refactor and a fix of them smaller bugs mentioned in the previous posts above.
Then I will have another look into my experiments I was doing in the week.

Two interesting phrases..... "it was a nightmare to read and a nightmare to debug." and ".........Makes everything a lot lot simpler for me."

[abu baniaz]

He does not have a box with a front display panel. You also have not posted the earlier post where he says he leaves out front panel questions because he can't test it.

The underlying fact/observation/interpretation is that it worked before the refactor of E2 code.